Luo Yi's temperament is urgent, vigorous and resolute, just do what he says, since the materials and appliances have been bought, then start to make it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

That night, after sending Lanny back to Luo's Mansion, Luo Yi took Erpang and Sigouzi to the backyard of Sixi Restaurant, cleaned a house in the wing room in the backyard, and then moved all the utensils in.

Inside the house, Luo Yi said to the two of them seriously: "You two have to see clearly, see how I make it, if your father doesn't come, you two will be responsible for making wine in the future, you can't be a little negligent." ”

While speaking, Luo Yi moved a jar from the side.

The jar is not big, about half a person high, and can hold hundreds of catties of grain, which was bought in the furniture market during the day and cost 20 yuan.

Er Fat and Si Gouzi laughed, looking at Luo Yi's serious appearance, the two of them couldn't cry or laugh, Er Fat said: "Brother Xiao Yi, whose restaurant makes its own wine, you want wine, I'll buy it, you're really troublesome." ”

"Yes, Brother Xiao Yi, this is too troublesome."

The four dogs are also playing haha.

In the minds of the two of them, although making their own wine will make the restaurant a little more profitable, but after all, it is too time-consuming, and it is better to run the restaurant well with this time.

Luo Yi took the wheat that had been prepared a long time ago, and while pouring the wheat into the altar, he said, "I'm not joking with the two of you, look carefully." I'll teach you this once, and then the two of you will come. ”

"We don't have koji right now, so the first step is to make koji, first pour wheat into the jar, then add hot water at 80 degrees and stir well..."

The second fat and the fourth dog also came to help, poured a hundred kilograms of wheat into the jar, and then poured some hot water into it.

Luo Yi said while stirring: "In this way, the wheat can absorb water, as for adding hot water, it is conducive to the wheat breaking, and when this step is completed, the wheat can be ground into flour." ”

The second fat and the fourth dog looked confused, and they didn't know what Luo Yi was talking about, but they still listened carefully.

Luo Yi continued to take care of himself: "Also, before that, you must first put the wheat in the jar to moisten the material for three or four hours, which is very important, the degree of crushing of wheat has a lot to do with the quality of the koji, if it is fine, the viscosity is too large, and it is easy to cause rancidity; If it is coarse and the viscosity is too small, it will cause the flex embryo to dry up or crack prematurely; Therefore, when the wheat is researched, the skin should be ground into flakes, and the wheat heart should be ground into flour. ”

After stirring, Luo Yi picked up a lid from the side and sealed the mouth of the altar.

"Alright, let's go outside and wait, wait four hours, and then come in and continue."

Luo Yi's proficiency in winemaking shocked Erpang and Sigouzi at the same time, and when they saw Luo Yi leave the room and walk towards the front hall, the two hurriedly followed: "Brother Xiaoyi, I didn't expect you to have such a deep study of winemaking?" ”

Coming to the front hall and sitting down, Luo Yi smiled and said, "This is called knowledgeable, you two have to learn a little too." ”

"It's like... For example, if the two of you are now the second in the store, and the customer asks you what you have in the store, or asks if you have any dishes, and the two of you don't know, how can you do it? You can not do it, you may not have seen it, but you can't not know, you don't know that it is not Bo, and if you don't Bo, you don't know it, if you don't know it, then our restaurant will be closed soon. ”

"Hey, hey..."

The two laughed and sat down at the table.

The second fat said: "Brother Xiaoyi, don't worry, I have written down the dishes, wine, and tea in the store." ”

"I'm just giving you an example."

The two of them sat down, holding their chins and listening attentively, as if they were elementary school students in class.

Luo Yi continued: "Also, we must not tell others about winemaking, Sixi Restaurant, but it all depends on these wines, if it leaks out, it will be done in vain." ”

The two of them agreed.

For this point, Luo Yi is still very relieved, thinking that at the beginning, when Liu Hua wanted to occupy the city rice, the villagers did not say anything about it, not to mention that this is a modern liquor that is more awesome than the city of Zhancheng.

Luo Yi believes that after the liquor is brewed, the second fat and the fourth dog will be able to know the value of the wine, and at that time, it is estimated that even if they are punished, the two will never confide in half a word.

Next, the three of them sat down in the hall and waited, and the time gradually passed, until four hours later, the three of them were again in the backyard.

Luo Yi opened the lid, looked into the jar, and said to the two: "It's okay, take out all the wheat, take it out of the courtyard, and grind it into powder with a stone mill." ”

"Okay."

The two of them answered and began to act.

An hour later, all the 100 catties of wheat were grinded, and no water was added when grinding, so the flour is the powder, the shell is the shell, and most of the wheat husks are divided into two, which is suitable for Luo Yi's requirements.

With that done, the koji making process is the second step.

At Luo Yi's suggestion, Erpang brought a clean board, poured all the ground wheat flour on it, and every time he poured a little, the four dogs added a little warm water of about 60 degrees to the board.

The three of them worked together and kneaded the wheat flour on the board, like kneading steamed buns, into a ball shape.

This process is also a bit laborious, you have to use a lot of force, and you have to constantly knead to achieve the desired effect of kneading the wheat.

If it's too dry, add water, and if it's too thin, add powder; In short, it can't be too dry, it can't be too thin, and the scale is difficult to grasp.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Luo Yi brought a brand-new wooden board from the corner of the wall, which was divided into many small pieces, just like the seedling tray of modern rice planting, and the round pieces were close together.

Just place the kneaded wheat flour in small round pieces and squeeze it vigorously until you can no longer squeeze it, and the second step is complete.

After squeezing, all the wheat flour turned into thumb-sized balls, just like the koji you see on the street during the day, but now it's not koji, it's just wheat flour.

Next comes the third step, and the third step is the most important step--- storage!

Storing koji is a very important technical job, and the mastery of temperature is also very exquisite, if Luo Yi hadn't read a book on this subject, he would never dare to make his own koji.

The squeezed thumb-sized balls were placed in the dustpan, and the three of them carried the dustpan to another room.

The room was a little damp and the floor was pitted, apparently some years old.

After putting the dustpan down, Luo Yi swept the ground, and then poured the bought wheat husk on the ground, about three inches thick, to prevent the koji from getting wet; After doing this, Luo Yi put the thumb-sized balls on the ground, to be precise, on top of the wheat husk.

The whole place was full, no less than hundreds, and the three of them placed it for more than an hour before they finished placing it, and the room was almost full, and their foreheads were also sweating.

"Two fat, four dogs, go get some straw and straw mats."

"Okay."

The two of them became more and more interested, turned around and ran.

The second fat went to get the straw, and the four dogs were responsible for the straw mat, and the two of them were very fast, and they prepared the required things in a short time.

Luo Yi first covered the koji with thick straw, and then put the straw mat brought by the four dogs on top.

At this point, it was almost over, Luo Yi breathed a long sigh of relief, went to the kitchen and scooped a large bucket of 80-degree hot water, scooped it with a wooden scoop and sprinkled it on the straw mat.

While sprinkling, he said: "You two have to remember, if it's a hot day, sprinkle cold water, and in weather like now, you have to sprinkle hot water, just feel very hot." ”

"Oh."

The two answered.

Er Fat asked, "Brother Xiao Yi, you... I don't know what the difference between the wine brewed and the wine in our store is. ”

"yes, I don't know the bottom either."

Luo Yi sold it and chuckled: "When it's ready, don't you know." ”

When they were done, the door was locked, and the three of them left the courtyard and made their way to the antechamber.

Before I knew it, it was already dawn, and Liu Da and Liu Er had already gotten up, wiping the tables in the hall and cleaning the hall.

Luo Yi instructed Erfat: "Every two days, you have to lift the straw and straw mat, turn the koji aside, and after turning the edge, continue to cover it, so that the temperature under the straw mat is kept at 50 to 60 degrees..." ”

Seeing the bewildered look on the second fat, Luo Yi became angry, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'll come by myself, you tell the people in the restaurant that they are not allowed to go to that room." ”

"Okay."

The second fat chief breathed a sigh of relief, Luo Yi said so much, in fact, he didn't understand a word, if he really wanted to be fully responsible, it was estimated that nine times out of ten he would mess up.

Luo Yi was also speechless, he taught in vain all night, and probably didn't understand anything.

After leaving the restaurant, he went home directly, didn't even take a shower, and fell asleep...